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Six vampire novels up for grabs – three signed by Chris Marie Green (VBC loves her Vampire Babylon series) and another three signed by Christine Cody (western + vampires FTW). Highest bidder will take home: Signed set of the first three Vampire Babylon novels by Chris Marie Green Signed set of the three Bloodlands novels by Christine Cody Donated by: Chris Marie Green, Christine Cody HOW TO BID In the... 
Christine Cody is the author of the post-apocalyptic supernatural Western series Bloodlands and the urban fantasy Vampire Babylon books (written as Chris Marie Green) from Ace. Once upon a time, she used to be an eighth-grade teacher until she became a full-time author who has published nearly forty books under all three of her pseudonyms (including Crystal Green). Don’t forget to read the Bloodlands... 
This week we added two new — and pretty damn awesome — contests to the blog, but we didn’t let that stop us from finding some other sweet giveaways elsewhere. First we’re offering up one copy of each Sins of the Heart (Otherkin Trilogy #1) and Sins of the Flesh (Otherkin Trilogy #3), both by Eve Silver. She’s made our auto-buy list. Enter to win one of these great Eve Silver novels. Contest is open... 
We are so lucky to have Chris Marie Green with us today. If you recall, we gave away a set of the first three books in her Vampire Babylon series last month for BlogFest. We had more than 1,000 entries. We took that as a sign to give you more on her unique vampire series. Chris was kind enough to answer our questions about her vampires, writing authentic fight scenes, Hollywood’s obsession with fame and... 
Wow! Thanks so much to everyone who participated in this weekend’s BlogFest. We had fun checking out the new blogs, but even more fun interacting with our new readers. We hope you’ll stick around as we have some fun things in the works. There were a ton of entries in our Vampire Babylon giveaway — 1,234 to be exact. We’re pleased to see you have such an interest in the unique vampire series from Chris...
We’re participating in BlogFest 2010. Readers, take heed, more than 200 book blogs are hosting giveaways through the weekend, and you best get in on the action. First, you’ll want to enter our giveaway for the first three Vampire Babylon books (details to follow). You can see all the blog participants, prizes and even enter a super grand prize contest by checking out the BlogFest HQ at A Journey of Books.... 
Happy 4th of July to my U.S. readers! (And an early happy Canada Day to our friends to the north. Those of you in outside North America, how’s your Sunday?) In honor of America’s Independence Day and the big fireworks displays we’ll be attending tonight, Vampire Book Club rounded up a handful of our favorite vampire novel plot fireworks — the moments that made you go “Yes, finally!” “Oh, God, no!” and the...
